on going to space, which he did last year, then saving the planet that he actually lives on. famed for turning his idea for an online book store into a tech giant, some have argued that the amazon founder has so much money, he could buy much of the amazon rainforest to protect it. now, his first statement saying he ll give away most of his fortune. do you plan to give away the majority of your wealth in your lifetime? yeah, i do, and the hard part is figuring out how to do it in a levered way. it s not easy. building amazon was not easy. it took a lot of hard work, a bunch of very smart team mates. and i m finding, and i think lauren s finding the same thing, that philanthropy is very similar it s not easy, it s really hard. mr bezos has a very strange, very big tech problem, in that he has so much money, he doesn t quite know what to do with it. he says he wants to focus on climate change, homelessness and food insecurity, and with frankly mind boggling wealth, he could have a huge
jeff bezos is one of the richest people in the world. he s worth more than £100 billion. and yet, mr bezos has been criticised for his lack of charitable focus. his detractors say he s more interested in burning his money on going to space, which he did last year, then saving the planet that he actually lives on. famed for turning his idea for an online book store into a tech giant, some have argued that the amazon founder has so much money, he could buy much of the amazon rainforest to protect it. now, his first statement saying he ll give away most of his fortune. do you plan to give away the majority of your wealth in your lifetime? yeah, i do, and the hard part is figuring out how to do it in a levered way. it s not easy. building amazon was not easy. it took a lot of hard work, a bunch of very smart team mates. and i m finding, and i think lauren s finding the same thing, that philanthropy is very similar it s not easy, it s really hard. mr bezos has a very strange, very big te
he s more interested in burning his money on going to space, which he did last year, than saving the planet that he actually lives on. famed for turning his idea for an online book store into a tech giant, some have argued that the amazon founder has so much money, he could buy much of the amazon rainforest to protect it. now, his first statement saying he ll give away most of his fortune. do you plan to give away the majority of your wealth in your lifetime? yeah, i do, and the hard part is figuring out how to do it in a levered way. it s not easy. building amazon was not easy. it took a lot of hard work, a bunch of very smart team mates. and i m finding, and i think lauren s finding the same thing, that philanthropy is very similar it s not easy, it s really hard. mr bezos has a very strange, very big tech problem, in that he has so much money, he doesn t quite know what to do with it. he says he wants to focus on climate change, homelessness and food insecurity,
his detractors say he s more interested in burning his money on going to space, which he did last year, then saving the planet which he actually lives on. famed for turning his idea for an online book store into a tech giant, some have argued that the amazon founder has money, he could buy much of the amazon rainforest to protect it. now, his first statement saying he will give away most of his fortune. do you plan to give away the majority of your wealth in your lifetime? yeah, i do, and the hard part is figuring out how to do it in a levered way. it s not easy. building amazon was not easy. it took a lot of hard work, a bunch of very smart team mates. and i m finding, and i think lauren s finding the same thing, that philanthropy is very similar it s not easy, it s really hard. mr bezos has a very strange, very big tech problem, in that he has so much money, he doesn t quite know what to do with it. he says he wants to focus on climate change, homelessness and food insecurity,
big tech should be called massive tech these days. america s tech giants are becoming unfathomably large and powerful. apple s market cap is almost $3 trillion. that is a 3 followed by 12 zeros. microsoft isn t too far behind and the titans of the industry have net worths to match. forbes says the three richest people in the world are tesla s elon musk, amazon s jeff bezos and bill gates. ro khanna s district is the beating heart of tech money, silicon valley. apple and google are both headquartered in the area he represents, but khanna acknowledges that america has a big tech problem and says we need to fix it. his new book dignity is a digital age is all about solutions.